Curtain for automobiles



Feb. 19 1924.

H. T. THOMAS.

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Patented Feb. l, l d.

it? Th? HORACE T. THOMAS, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

CURTAIN FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed November 4, 1921. Serial No. 512,718.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Homer '1. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lansing, county of Ingham, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful. Improvement in Curtains for Automobiles, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to curtains for automobiles and an object of my invention is to provide an improved curtain that forms an upward extension of the door of an automobile using a folding top and in such a curtain to permit the opening and closing of the door without being obliged to unfasten any portion of the curtain and to insure that a reasonably tight and weatherproof joint is made when the door is closed.

In the accompanying drawingsl5 i ure 1 is a side elevation oi an automobi e body having a foldingtop and ourtains of the usual construction, except that the curtains above the doors have a construction embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail view showingthe frame and supporting rod of the curtain above the door.

\Fig. 3 is. a detail sectional view on the line llL-lll, Fig.2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line lV-ZV, Fig.1.

Fig 5 is a section on the line V-V,

Fig. 6 is a-detail section in the plane indicatedfby the line Vii-VI, Fig. 5.

a is the body and n the top of an automobile having a folding top. 'm is the door having a frame provided with a horizontal cross-bar m (Figs, 5 and 6) along its top. m is a sheet of metal covering the upper edge of' he door and secured upon the'upper surface of the cross piece m There is a vertical aperture m through the cross piece m toward one edge of the door m, and there is an aperture m? through the metal sheet m co-axial with the aperture m and of less diameter than the latter.

a? is. a socket piece secured to a vertical portion of the frame of the door m, with its socket axially in line with and below the aperture m The socket piece (i is provided at its lower end with a horizontal slot 03 through which slot engages the bolt 6 which acts to secure the socket in position and permits the adjustment of said socket by moving the same horizontally over the bolt 6.

a is a cylindrical rod fitting closely through the aperture m and extending into the socket of the socket piece d (Fig. 5). The rod 0: may be adjusted to various angular positions inasmuch as it engages closely in the aperture m andthere is room for its lateral movement in the slot m. The rod a may be adjusted to the inclination required by moving the socket piece d horizontally and may be secured in its adjusted place by tightening the nut on the bolt 6 so that the socket is bound firmly into the position to which it has been adjusted.

b is a vertical and b and b are horizontal pieces of-a curtain frame. The pieces 5 Z2 are secured near their ends remote from the vertical piece 6 to the rod a. c is a curtain secured to the frame 5, b 5 The curtain is held in its position above the door a by the rod 0. engaging through the aperture m and in the socket piece 6?.

f is a strip of leather or other suitable material dependin from the side of the top (Figs. 4 and 5). -he frame 05' and the curtain 0 thereon extend above'the lower end of the strip 7, the inner surface of the upper edge of said curtain frame engagin against said strip. Should it be desirabe to secure a closer engagement between the frame 6, o b and the curtain c and the strip f, the rod a is inclined inward as indicated by dotted lines in Fi 5, so that the upper edge shall be forced against the strip f to form a comparatively tight joint.

This bending or inclination of the rod 0. is effected by moving the lower end of the socket-piece a? laterally and securing it in its adjusted position by the nut on the bolt e.

=What I claim is:

In an apparatus of the k nd described,

the combination of a door, a plate m along the upper edge thereof having an aperture therethrough, a curtain-supporting rod passing through said aperture so as to permit of its taking various angular positions 5 therein, a socket. in said door, the lower end of said rod engagin in said socket, said socket being provide with a slot, and

Memos a bolt passing through the frame of said door and said slot, and adapted thereby to clamp said socket in various positions, 1 substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specifi cation.

HORACE 'll. THOMAS. 

